Peterson plea deal...

[PurpleKoolaid]

Yeah, a fine. That will teach him!

[jackal]

I kinda hope the Vikings never have Peterson in uniform again..

many reasons why

1. Personal choice going out and getting numerous women pregnant and not being there
for the kids D BAG move

2. Beating a four year old bloody with a stick D bag move number two

3. Having sex and stuff going on in charity paid rooms .. Dbag move three

4. Not understanding you are being a huge moron during this
D bag move four ...

If he want's to get his freak on GREAT.. but don't involve others in this lifestyle choice

[nightowl]

They'd never admit it in public but, I believe Vikes management wished the legal process on this would've dragged on throughout the entire season. Then they wouldn't have to face the option of what to do with him if he was in position to be playing. League office probably felt the same way.

[jackal]

They'd never admit it in public but, I believe Vikes management wished the legal process on this would've dragged on throughout the entire season. Then they wouldn't have to face the option of what to do with him if he was in position to be playing. League office probably felt the same way.

Too bad we didn't honor his off season talk and dump him on the Cowboys before this all came out ..

[purplereign1]

That's all that matters, playing games, winning games. Maybe Hernandez can come back and play after prison?

I doubt it. He will be pretty old.

[PurpleKoolaid]

I doubt it. He will be pretty old.

Time off for good behavior.

[Mothman]

Two very different perspectives:

Mother of Adrian Peterson's son: NFL shouldn't punish Vikings RB

Souhan: Goodell needs to be tough, keep Peterson off the field this year

[fiestavike]

This week, Adrian Peterson, who has admitted to the severe and cowardly beating of his son, got the Texas treatment in court. He was allowed to agree to a generous plea deal that allows him to resume his life and career. It’s a wonder he wasn’t presented with a gold star for upholding the tenets of traditional parenting.

This time around, Goodell can get it right. He can establish that he has higher standards than the anachronistic Texas courts.

Good Grief

[TeddyB]

Kids get worse cuts riding their bikes than the pics, guess take those away too. 4 years of age, far too young but at the same time, kid probably won't remember any of it. If you had to choose from a hard upbringing or a spoiled diva childhood, well who can predict the winner. What if the kid had everything handed to him and as a result didn't try in school and became a druggie. What if he had a father who even care to get frusterated at him.

Point being, everyone has their own upbringing, kids shouldn't be raised publically. It's really not our business and linking AD to Hernandez and Lewis isn't correct in the slightest matter. Tmz never gets involved and you're still cheering for this dude and ray rice to this day, becuase they're NOT in cells. Funny how knowing what's behind closed doors can taint the sport that is football. I'm sure many of the legends had similar issues we never found out about (we see now that Sapp and Irvin have/had big issues) Imagine even farther back in time with no media presence

[Mothman]

Good Grief

That was basically my reaction to Souhan's entire column.

[PurpleMustReign]

Two very different perspectives:

Mother of Adrian Peterson's son: NFL shouldn't punish Vikings RB

Souhan: Goodell needs to be tough, keep Peterson off the field this year

To be fair, the mother of the child probably has other rea$on$ for not wanting AD to be further punished. But, it does appear that she has forgiven him and does trust him with her child.

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[Cliff]

To be fair, the mother of the child probably has other rea$on$ for not wanting AD to be further punished. But, it does appear that she has forgiven him and does trust him with her child.

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Yeah, I thought the same thing as I read it. Honestly though, she could try to go after him for money if that's what she wanted.

[J. Kapp 11]

Kids get worse cuts riding their bikes than the pics, guess take those away too. 4 years of age, far too young but at the same time, kid probably won't remember any of it. If you had to choose from a hard upbringing or a spoiled diva childhood, well who can predict the winner. What if the kid had everything handed to him and as a result didn't try in school and became a druggie. What if he had a father who even care to get frusterated at him.

Point being, everyone has their own upbringing, kids shouldn't be raised publically. It's really not our business and linking AD to Hernandez and Lewis isn't correct in the slightest matter. Tmz never gets involved and you're still cheering for this dude and ray rice to this day, becuase they're NOT in cells. Funny how knowing what's behind closed doors can taint the sport that is football. I'm sure many of the legends had similar issues we never found out about (we see now that Sapp and Irvin have/had big issues) Imagine even farther back in time with no media presence

It's our business if a parent goes beyond society's standards for treatment of a child.

By your logic, sexually assaulting a child would be OK because it's behind closed doors/none of our business/kids shouldn't be raised publicly/TMZ isn't involved.

I'm not commenting here on whether AP went beyond society's standards. That's for society to decide. I'm also not commenting on whether he should be reinstated. I'm just responding to your comment ... at some point, it is our business.

Also, just because others got away with things doesn't make those things OK.

[fiestavike]

It's our business if a parent goes beyond society's standards for treatment of a child.

By your logic, sexually assaulting a child would be OK because it's behind closed doors/none of our business/kids shouldn't be raised publicly/TMZ isn't involved.

I'm not commenting here on whether AP went beyond society's standards. That's for society to decide. I'm also not commenting on whether he should be reinstated. I'm just responding to your comment ... at some point, it is our business.

Also, just because others got away with things doesn't make those things OK.

Those are all fair points and I think these are complicated societal issues, especially when society has many different standards within the whole big picture.

I had an ex girlfriend who was raised in foster homes and where boys who misbehaved were forced to spend the day dressed in girls clothing and other similarly bizarre and psychologically abusive punishments. That to me is clearly beyond the pale of acceptable discipline. To me the Peterson crime is a matter of degree. Unless one rejects corporal punishment entirely, I think its pretty clear that Adrian was trying to administer a type of punishment that generally does fall within societies standards but used excessive force and/or an inappropriate item, and/or to a child too young to be disciplined in such a way. I think its fair to criticize him for this and I personally do find what he did objectionable for all of those reasons, but IMO its unfair to label him a "child abuser" based on this unfortunate event. Every parent has made mistakes when raising their children at different points and I don't think his judgement was good but it wasn't so far outside the bounds of what is societally acceptable that he deserves some of the vitriol he has received.

*Mods feel free to delete if you think this is beyond the bounds of reasonable discussion, I tried to phrase carefully and make what I think is a fair response to some other posts in this thread which are more critical of Peterson.

[indianation65]

It was somewhat forgotten, and the scab had hardened, but some wounds, many, simply will never heal...

...wisdom